PRASE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PRASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRASE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRASE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRASE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
prasesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRASE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PRASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about PRASE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 12 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRASE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A dull green variety of quartz, valued since ancient times as a semi-precious ornamental stone.
Prase gets its colour from tiny needle-like fibres of another mineral trapped inside the quartz as it formed, giving the stone a cloudy, leek-green tint rather than the clear look of ordinary quartz crystals. Jewellers and carvers in the ancient world cut prase into beads, seals and small ornaments long before modern gemology sorted quartz varieties by their exact colour and structure. The name comes from the Greek word for a leek, a fitting comparison for its muted green shade. Prase is less prized today than brighter green stones such as emerald, but collectors and mineralogists still value it as one of the older named varieties of quartz.
How PRASE is used
A specialist term from mineralogy and gemology, met mainly in geological writing and descriptions of antique jewellery.
- The museum case held a Roman seal carved from prase.
- Prase owes its dull green colour to fine mineral fibres inside the quartz.
- A collector offered a rough piece of prase alongside her other quartz specimens.
- Ancient craftsmen polished prase into smooth, rounded beads.
- The geologist identified the sample as prase rather than common green quartz.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRASE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRASE
The 5 tiles of PRASE in a different order — 12 found.
Words starting with PRASE
3 longer words begin with PRASE.
Words ending in PRASE
1 words end in PRASE. Useful as a back hook: play PRASE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PRASE inside
3 words contain PRASE in the middle. Words that start with PRASE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PRASE
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Common questions about PRASE
- Is PRASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRASE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRASE worth?
- PRASE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRASE mean?
- A dull green variety of quartz, valued since ancient times as a semi-precious ornamental stone.
- What letters can be added to PRASE?
- PRASE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PRASE:
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